Ukraine separatists organize 2 'self-determination' votes

EVGENIY MALOLETKA
Credit: AP
An election official prepares voting booths Saturday at a poll station in Mariupol, Ukraine, ahead of a regional referendum today.

Separatist groups in eastern Ukraine are vowing to press ahead with referendums today intended to legitimize two self-declared new countries in Europe -- the people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk -- even though officials in those places say they are not likely to be long-lived.